Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-10-28
soPHIsTRY Exposed.

Gen. w. II. Gibson, two OF thu great lights
OF the nnteanth century, aud expounders
Of latter day Republican,, spoke to re-
epectable audience in the court house on
the 18th. May l call i, speaking or shall
call IL by tliename il deservedly neetiu-
u spontaneous outbnrst Of bloody SHIRT
Language fails 10 give anything like nm
intelligent idea of the language used aud
the gestures resorted TO, to mould the
minds Of their audience back into the forth
Of tweney years ago. Had not been nc
quainted with the speakers for years and
knowing the condition Of the two domin-
ant political parties Of TO day, certainly
would have forgotten the time and pInc,.
and the ci rcumstances that surrounded me
For must freely admit that had ] id,
have taken a second thought where wns
and the A. d. would have fallen n 'eJu-
vert TO bloody shirtisni.
l will not attempt 10 place on paper the
language used by General Gibson, 6nTy in
part, as the many readers of your paper
might denounce il as untrue, who were not
there TO hear it. The General said he was
gong to make short speach, but spoke,
we think, fully two hours. lie wanted TO
know what good the Democratic party
had done in the last 40 years and lie thal
lenged them to tell what good they had
done. 1t was because they did not know
g.. l., ., 81 al. 4. q, a
II the General will take little trouble to
look up the records OF the States aud Ter
ritories of the North, he will find that fully
ohe-half OF the rank and file of our armies
came from the Democratic ranks. This
I am fully prepared to show, But what
has that 10 do with the campaign OF 1887
and 'sS? If Gibson and his party has
nothing more to give the people of our
country, it Is high time tor them 10 step
down and out, after quarter Of a century
of peace.
'.At st. Louis the Democrats said %
Grover Cleveland made his appearance in
that city, behold our Chieftain rules co.
900, 600 of people. Sixty million of peo-
pie rule Grover Cleveland, and not Cleye-
land Them" This was verywse thought
on the part Of the GenJ, and the only wise
and sensible words uttered in all Of his
speech. II the people OF ST. Louis feel
like bowling before Grover Cleveland and
acknowledge him as their sovereign ruler,
TnI fIsn., 10, IL IL A.,
party the General belongs TO done on
several occasions See the pomp and
splendor and royal honors bestowed On
Gen. Grant from the day Of his ascension
10 presidential honors till his circumnavi-
gation Of the earth and landing upon the
Pacific slope. lie was an idol, god de
fed as no other perion has been snce the
days OF Alexander the Great.
The General said, at the breaking out OF
the war the rebels stole every thing they
could aud ii found its way into southern
lines. They found the treasury but it WAS
empty and this reminded them OF the
farmer going TO mill. The miller stole all
but the bag and the farmer was glad 10 get
The bag back sgain. This was another
thrust TO resurect The past, TO tare open the
graves on hundred battle fields aud for
fathers and mothers 10 behold the heshless
ing about in midday and TO kindle anew
the Gre OF hatred that for The past Is years
has been baried by the strong hand ol
reason,
He said that the cost OF the war was So
500, 100000. AT the close of the war the
debt was So zoo, 1000 900 and the Republi-
cans had raised The country up till It's
credit was good everywhere. The cost of
The war was S61s0,0ON,0O0 and the civil
expenses during that lime WAS about 5000
900, making in all about S6,S00 900, GOO,
and at the close of the war the debt was
s., 756, 900, 900, showing that during the
war with Two and half million Of men
in the armv, and who were not producers
and only the North to draw from we paid
into the United States treasury S4, OIL 600,
0Go nmGally-lour-fiiths AZ much each
year of the war rs we have been able 10
pay in twenly-three years since the war
with the whole country TO draw
from, in time OF peace at home and
abroad, d fully fifty per cent greater
resorces TO uraw from. Gen. Gibson e&-
plains only one side. H. said the Repub
licans raIsel the country up, mp, till its
credit was good everywhere. Aud how did
they strengthen the credit l will tell
you. The currency came from Wall ST.
New York, Lombard st. on tRe Thames
and Change Ally on the Rhine, who held
United States bonds TO make the bonds
more valuable mp, up, as the General said
and their cries were headed and their de
mnnds obeyed. BY whom yoi ask? BY
all from the President down 10 the Lower
iIouse III Washington. And how Maa II
dome? BY a law authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury 10 destroy Uuled States
money that haj paid the soldier and saved
our country from desol,tion, and tie issue
vi interest bearing non,s in their place.
rli- was kelt up until over sixty per ceuI
pl all the money we had passed INTO the
cremation furnace.
THUS you see the country wiS roGccd OF
iis money without lis consent nnd made o
pay interest on the M ney 1t lad been rob
bed Of. How could the dsslrucIion Of the
honey ofiecl the bonds IN the way Of
making them more valuable ? Suppose
we induce Congress 10 buy up nix per cent
Of The wheat IN our country destroy il, give
bonds calling for the same amount OF
wheat III the future bearing interest to he
paid IN certain amount Of wheat, the
forty per cent oil the wheat left would be-
come worth ~ much as the whole, would
it holp Let me give another example
100 bushels OF wheat ia worth 500; desire